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China tightens margin financing requirements to cool red-hot stock market
[BEIJING/SHANGHAI] Chinese stock exchanges on Wednesday (Jan 14) tightened margin requirements in a surprise move to cool a red-hot stock…
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Major Chinese banks cut high-yield deposit products to ease margin pressure
Some major Chinese commercial banks have removed five-year, large-scale certificates of deposit that carry a high yield from their…
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BMW boosts profit margin for cars in third quarter
BMW reported an operating margin of 5.2% for its automotive unit in the July-to-September period German carmaker BMW posted a…
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Mercedes beats margin forecasts as premium sales offset job-cut charges
[BERLIN/FRANKFURT] German carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday (Oct 29) reported stronger than expected margins at its core autos business…
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Bank of China delivers 5% gain in profit as margin stabilises
Bank of China reported a 5 per cent increase in third-quarter profit, as the lender managed to stabilise its net interest margin despite…
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China’s margin curbs threaten rally in stock market favourites
A rule aimed at curbing exposure to overvalued stocks is posing another challenge to China’s market, just as renewed Sino-American trade…
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HPE annual profit forecast misses estimate on margin crunch
The company is dealing with tighter margins in part due to building servers with expensive AI chips that have made the machines less…
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Lululemon says closure of de minimis hole will crush margin
LEMON Athletica says the end of the de minimis exemption will hurt its gross margin more than tariffs. The yogawear retailer, which has…
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China’s margin trades surge to record as stock rally extends
The world’s second-biggest stock market has embarked on a surprise rally in recent months, partly reflecting optimism that China’s…
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China’s margin trades surge to a record amid stock rally
Chinese investors are borrowing a record amount of cash to buy local stocks, further fuelling a months-long rally that has largely been…
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SingPost Q1 operating profit tumbles 60% to S$3.4 million amid falling revenue, margin squeeze
Singapore Post’s (SingPost) group operating profit for the first quarter ended Jun 30 came in at S$3.4 million, a 60 per cent year-on-year…
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Westpac profit grows 5% on margin lift and higher lending
Australia’s Westpac Banking on Thursday (Aug 14) said wider margins and lending and deposits gains helped it post slightly higher…
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Seatrium H1 profit quadruples to S$144.4 million on strong order book, margin growth
Seatrium’s net profit for the six months ended Jun 30 grew 301.3 per cent to S$144.4 million, from S$36 million during the same period…
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DBS raises target price for Sheng Siong on steady earnings growth, margin superiority
DBS Research Equity on Tue (Jun 10) raised its target price for Sheng Siong to S$2.30 from S$2 on the back of strong earnings growth and…
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More margin calls and stopouts in April as Trump tariffs rattle markets
Several brokerages across Singapore observed up to double the number of margin calls and stopouts on such trades in April after US…
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Porsche's Q1 profit margin plunges on China weakness, US tariffs
Luxury sports carmaker Porsche on Tuesday (Apr 29) said its operating margin fell to 8.6 per cent in the first quarter, below analyst…
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Rich Asian investors opt to unwind holdings amid margin calls
Some wealthy clients at Asia’s top private banks are opting to unwind part of their equity investments instead of topping up collateral…
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H&M Net Profit Down 53% in Fiscal Q1 As Gross Margin Contracts
PARIS – Hennes & Mauritz AB said net profit halved in the first quarter as its gross margin came under pressure from markdowns, ongoing…
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Hong Kong caps IPO margin loans amid heated retail demand
The move is a response to a recent IPO market frenzy that triggered first-day share price pops and concerns about retail investors getting…
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Hong Leong Finance posts 10% rise in H2 profit to S$51.5 million, as net interest margin expands
HONG Leong Finance posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit to S$51.5 million for the six months ended December 2024. This was driven by an…
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Samsung Q4 profit outlook misses estimates by large margin as chip issues drag
SAMSUNG Electronics released on Wednesday a fourth-quarter operating profit estimate that missed analyst estimates by a large margin, as…
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Spotify beats subscriber, margin estimates even as ad sales lag
SPOTIFY Technology reported third-quarter growth in subscribers and profit margins, saying lower marketing and personnel costs helped the…
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State Bank of India beats Q2 profit view but lending margin shrinks
STATE Bank of India, the country’s largest lender by assets, beat second-quarter profit estimates on Friday (Nov 8), helped by higher…
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Australia’s Westpac annual profit down as costs overshadow margin bump
No 2 Australian mortgage lender Westpac said on Monday (Nov 4) that annual profit dipped as costs associated with a technology overhaul…